abortion

A bill that would ask voters to vote on a constitutional amendment to define personhood as starting at conception sparked contentious debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.

A state district court judge has ruled that two bills which would make abortions more complicated or illegal in Montana are unconstitutional and has ordered them stricken from the books.

The bill would undo Ci-128's right to an abortion, which voters overwhelmingly approved last year.

In November, Montana voters safeguarded the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. They also elected a new chief justice to the Montana Supreme Court who was endorsed by anti-abortion advocates.

Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, voters in 16 states have weighed in on constitutional amendments regarding abortion.

Larkin Voss writes, "More Tim Sheehy Tapes just came to light, and this time he’s saying that women like me, under the age of 30, are “indoctrinated” and only care about one issue – abortion."

More than 250 Montana medical professionals signed on to a letter released Thursday in support of Constitutional Initiative 128, the proposed amendment to enshrine abortion protections in the state Constitution.

Pueblo City Council members voted Tuesday night to kill a proposed city ordinance that would have banned abortion access in the city, saving itself from an almost certain legal fight with the state.

The Montana Supreme Court said Wednesday a lower court didn’t abuse its discretion in temporarily stopping bills that restrict abortion procedures and ones that restrict access to abortion by patients who use Medicaid.

Two Montana abortion clinics are asking a state district court to block new licensing requirements for clinics issued by the Department of Public Health and Human Services last month.